Police seize weapons from fugitive general’s homes
A day after the Appeal Court denied bail to the parents of fugitive defense ministry official Thong Sarath, municipal police and court officials Wednesday searched three residences belonging to the family and seized three AK-47 rifles at one of the homes. ...
Hay Pisey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-seize-weapons-from-fugitive-generals-homes-76515/
Election rules under discussion
The National Election Committee and election monitoring groups have been discussing regulations including permission for the taking of photographs and videos at polling stations ahead of local elections scheduled for June 2017 and a general election slated for 2018. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/election-rules-under-discussion/3437146.html
Election rallies banned on Phnom Penh’s major streets
Reacting to criticism from the CNRP and other organizations, Cambodia’s top election body on Sunday defended its support of a ban on election marches along prominent public areas of Phnom Penh, saying it was for public safety. ...
Ouch Sony and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-rallies-banned-on-phnom-penhs-major-streets-129208/
Universities in agricultural innovation
As rice farmers struggle to cope with the aftereffects of one of the worst droughts in Cambodia’s recent history and moribund infrastructure makes it difficult to transport and sell their products across the country, universities here and in the United States are joining forces to ...
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30110/universities-in-agricultural-innovation/
Land Case Involving Minister’s Wife Is Heard
The Court of Appeal yesterday heard the case of a land dispute between a 70-year old woman from Kompong Chhang province and a company owned by the wife of the Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy over a 3,000 square meter parcel of land. In May ...
Cambodian Military Cracks Down on Striking Garment Workers
Cambodia’s capital on Thursday, arresting five monks and 10 others in a display of force that has been described by a rights group as unprecedented. The soldiers from Special Command Unit 911 were deployed to crush the demonstration over minimum wages near the Yak Jin ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/strike-01022014190125.html
Sea Clashes Loom Over Southeast Asia Summit
Tiny Cambodia is emerging as a key pawn in the diplomatic struggle over one of the world’s busiest stretches of water: the potentially energy-rich South China Sea. The country of 15 million people is this year hosting a series of regional summits in which China’s claims ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304177104577308972320988892.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
AirAsia emergency landing blamed on ‘bird strike’
Aviation officials say a “bird strike” forced an AirAsia jet that took off from Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday morning at 8:35 am to return for an emergency landing. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19226/airasia-emergency-landing-blamed-on----bird-strike---/
Potatoes to take root
Cambodia’s eastern Mondulkiri province will become the country’s first hub for potato growing after a successful pilot project, researchers say. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36153/potatoes-to-take-root/
Mobile vehicle checkpoints start
The Ministry of Transport has started checking trucks traveling along National Road 6 to ensure they conform to legal size and modification requirements, it announced this week. According to a post on the ministry’s Facebook page, mobile inspection teams were deployed in Kampong Cham province to ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31384/mobile-vehicle-checkpoints-start/
Agriculture minister goes on defensive
Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon yesterday defended his ministry amid complaints by farmers of low yields during dry season, rising costs of production and a lack of markets to sell their produce, saying that other ministries and sectors also shared responsibility. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/agriculture-minister-goes-defensive
Announcement on the continuation of the Implementation of the Social Accountability Framework (I-SAF) at the municipal/district/khan level on service delivery (commune/sangkat administration, primary schools and health centers) and I-SAF Phase II at municipal/district/khan administration of the capital city and provinces
On 22 April 2020, the National Committee for Sub-national Democratic Development (NCDD) issued an announcement on the continuation of the Implementation of the Social Accountability Framework (I-SAF) at the municipal/district/khan level on service delivery (commune/sangkat administration, primary schools and health centers) and I-SAF Phase II ...
National Committee for Sub-national Democratic Development
US lobby group calls for full taxes on all Cambodian rice
Cambodian rice exports to the US could face full tariffs after a lobby group called for the imposition of full tariffs on the crop. Currently, the Kingdom’s rice enjoys some tax-protection under what is known as the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)-eligible commodities list. However, ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743069/us-lobby-group-calls-for-full-taxes-on-all-cambodian-rice/
Royal Academy president Sok Touch on his Tonle Sap wetlands investigation
In 2021, at the behest of the government, Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC) president Sok Touch studied and investigated the challenges facing the Tonle Sap Lake, which covers an area of 640,000ha. ...
Cambodia pushes for investment hub status in ASEAN
Investment-friendly tax and investment laws and incentives, as well as the industrial development policy, are geared towards making Cambodia an investment hub and centre for automotive and electronics manufacturing in Southeast Asia. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-pushes-for-investment-hub-status-in-asean
ThaiQR accessible at 1.5m Cambodian retailers
Thai tourists visiting Cambodia can now pay for goods easier after a bilateral agreement between the two countries was reached for cross-border QR payments. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/thaiqr-accessible-at-150m-cambodian-retailers
Koh Rong int’l airport construction begins
State authorities have confirmed that the earthworks for the first phase of construction of the Koh Rong International Eco-Tourism Airport is now underway on the island. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427850/koh-rong-intl-airport-construction-begins/
Villagers petition to evict family protecting Phnom Tnout forest
A group of villagers from a community forest inside Preah Vihear province’s Phnom Tnout Wildlife Sanctuary are collecting thumbprints to evict a family that has been protecting the forest from illegal logging and preventing poaching of endangered species. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-petition-evict-family-protecting-phnom-tnout-forest
Gambling ban driving Chinese nationals away
Tens of thousands of Chinese nationals are reportedly leaving the Kingdom following a government ban on online gambling intended to reduce the number of crimes committed by foreigners. On August 18, Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive banning all online and arcade gambling in the ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50641757/gambling-ban-driving-chinese-nationals-away/
Tax cuts promised for SMEs that register with GDT
In order to bring more businesses into the regulatory fold, the government has promised attractive new incentives for companies that register before December, including a two-year break on tax revenue. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487285/tax-cuts-promised-for-smes-that-register-with-gdt/